Another suspect has admitted his role in the gang rape of an 11-year-old Cleveland girl, a crime that divided this small town last year.

On Friday in front of Liberty County court-at-law Judge Tommy Chambers, a juvenile suspect admitted his guilt in the sexual assault of the sixth-grade girl.

The 16-year-old boy awaits sentencing on a single charge of felony aggravated sexual assault of a child. He originally faced two charges of aggravated sexual assault.

The boy, who is not being identified, joins three other juveniles - ages 14 to 16 - who last month admitted their part in the scandal in plea agreements. A total of six juveniles - among 20 overall - were charged in the rape.

Last week, Isaiah Ross, 21, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and agreed to join three others in testifying against other defendants.

Ross was one of four adult defendants singled out as ringleaders for allegedly being present when the girl was assaulted on multiple occasions during a four-month span beginning in September of last year, while the remaining defendants are accused of a single incident.

Ross, the son of the former vice president of the Cleveland school board, entered a guilty plea to the lesser offense - aggravated sexual assault of a child - that the majority of the defendants face, the district clerk's office said.

Court documents indicate the assaults of the girl occurred on at least five occasions in an abandoned trailer or one of the defendant's homes.

The scandal, which has traumatized this town about 45 miles northeast of Houston, was discovered by Cleveland school authorities when cellphone videos taken of the assaults circulated in the district.